UNDERGROUND CARTEL was put together by UK hiphop producer Kruze and is the first collaboration of what is intended to be many, involving emcees from all over the world. In this first installment, on the mic comes Orphan Fam from New Jersey, Raw Dialect from Baltimore, 8.Bliss from NYC and Crazy Ballhead from Sacramento. From Canada there's Ill Seer, Self Help, Fritz tha Cat & Mindbender, and from France, Beni from the Originaire du Sud crew. On the vinyl version, Musik G of NYC's Underground Army has supplied a remix. This release for the summer of 2004 celebrates collaboration & talent of global underground hiphop, with subject matter addressing media dumbing down on an international scale, hiphop being blamed for a rise in gun crime internationally & also giving positive messages of battlin thru the struggle. Recently, 3 members from the States flew over to join Kruze on a promo visit in London where they did various radio, press & tv i...